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Harlequins director of rugby, Conor O’Shea, will become the new head coach of the Italian national team in June. The Italian Rug...

Getty Images Dan Lydiate will captain Wales in a Test match for the first time on Saturday, while Rhys Webb is preferred to Gareth Davi...

The Italy prop Martin Castrogiovanni has been banned for two weeks after stamping on Scotland’s Duncan Taylor during Saturday’s Six Nat...

Scotland suffered their first Six Nations whitewash since 2004 with a 13-6 defeat at the hands of Italy in Rome on Saturday. Giovan...

The Eternal City provides a fitting setting for a meeting between two sides whose troubles in the Six Nations seem never-ending. Fo...

Prop Martin Castrogiovanni has recovered from broken ribs and will line up in the Italy side to face Scotland at Rome's Stadio Olim...

Wales were made to toil but stayed on course for a tilt   at a third Six Nations Grand Slam in eight years with a scratchy win over Ita...

The one word mentioned more than any other in the Wales camp this week must surely have been complacency. The assumption from many ...

Italy captain Sergio Parisse believes his side face an "impossible" mission against Grand Slam-chasing Wales. Parisse say...

Wales captain Sam Warburton has been ruled out of Saturday's RBS Six Nations game against Italy in Cardiff. The open-side's...

Nineteen long days with no opportunity to put that dramatic late defeat by Wales behind them, an infuriating competitive drought descri...

"It's just one game, though, the start of a journey," said Stuart Lancaster last Saturday. "I hope it gives people s...